The British government expects Iran to 'uphold the right to form and join trade unions' in line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, according to assurances given to Communist Party of Britain general secretary Robert Griffiths.

Speaking to the Communist Party’s political committee on Wednesday (June 11), international secretary John Foster warned that events in Ukraine once more demonstrated the dangers of Britain’s membership of NATO.

Britain's communists have welcomed the No2EU - Yes to Workers Rights challenge in next month's European Parliament elections as 'a vital antidote to the reactionary and anti-foreigner poison' of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).